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J. Earle Bowden Building

Constructed in the 1930s, The industrial building known today as the J. Earle Bowden Building has passed through many hands over the years. Local business owner John M. Pfeiffer sold the lot to E. J. Moore in 1946.who opened the ...

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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum originally opened in 1967 at 4 Music Square East. In 2001 the museum moved to a downtown location in order to better care for its growing collection and to offer more educational ...

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Johnny Cash Museum

Johnny Cash’s music career began after he successfully auditioned for Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Studios. Phillips had recently discovered Elvis Presley and quickly picked up Cash and his band, the Tennessee Two. In 1960, drummer W. S. Holland ...

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Historic Printer’s Alley

Long before Historic Printer’s Alley’s association with the Nashville music scene, the area around Cherry Street and Fourth Avenue was already home to some of the city’s most active saloons and nightspots. Known to locals as the Men’s Quarter, some ...

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Ernie’s Record Mart

Much of Ernie’s Record Mart’s success is owed to support from Nashville’s local WLAC radio broadcast. Beginning in the late 1940s, WLAC's strong signal helped its disc jockeys gather a following among rhythm-and-blues fans throughout the country. These fans listened ...

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The Bluebird Café

“The best songwriters in the world pass through this door.” This statement appears outside the doors of the Bluebird Café in Nashville. Located just southwest of downtown Nashville’s “music row,” the Bluebird gained respect as one of the best stages ...

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Bijou Theatre (Nashville Municipal Auditorium)

Built in 1903, Nashville’s Bijou Theater quickly emerged as one of the South’s leading African American theaters. The theatre offered performances sponsored by its namesake Bijou Amusement Company. The theater originally operated under the direction of Milton Starr, a white ...

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Hatch Show Print Shop

Need a poster printed? Try Hatch Show Print Shop! Since 1879, the Hatch Show Print Shop has created original posters at their shop on 5th Avenue South. The shop continues to produce poster designs through traditional letter pressing. In the ...

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RCA Studio B

From Country and Rock-and-Roll to Gospel, the RCA Studio B has heard it all over the years. The Radio Corporation of America, RCA, began renting Studio B in 1957 as an addition to their other studios in Chicago and Hollywood. ...

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The Ryman Auditorium

Now revered in country music circles, the Ryman Auditorium first began life as the Union Gospel Tabernacle in 1888. The Union Gospel Tabernacle was renamed the Ryman Auditorium in honor of Thomas Green Ryman, a riverboat captain, follower and philanthropist ...

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